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Hermès Birkin 25 Gold Epsom PHW

Epsom · Palladium (PHW)

Gold is the colour that made the Birkin legible to the world. Warm and tannic, faintly reddened in strong light, it is the shade Hermès has never had to reinvent — and against palladium it becomes cooler and more contemporary than the familiar gold-on-gold pairing. Epsom sharpens it further. Where Togo swells and softens with wear, Epsom is a pressed, fine-grained calfskin that holds a drawn line indefinitely. Corners stay square, the flap falls flat, and the bag arrives at its tenth year looking much as it did at its first. It is also the lightest of the everyday leathers and the least anxious about rain, fingerprints and the general friction of being carried. At twenty-five centimetres this is the Birkin at its most disciplined. A phone, a card case, keys, a compact — the size refuses to become a container, and that refusal is precisely why the 25 has outrun the 30 and the 35 in demand across the past decade. Waiting lists reflect it; so does the resale market. The palladium fittings are the quiet decision here. Where gold hardware pushes Gold leather toward the ceremonial, palladium pulls it back toward daywear: turn-lock, clochette, padlock and two keys read as silver punctuation against tan, and the bag slips as easily into a working week as into an evening. Stamped U and store fresh, supplied with dust bag, box, rain cover, clochette, padlock and keys. Offered at £23,300 by JULL London. Every piece is authenticated in-house before listing and photographed exactly as it will arrive, then dispatched insured worldwide. Private viewings are available by appointment at our London address for clients who prefer to handle a bag before committing.

Inspected by hand in our London workroom. Private viewings by appointment.
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